ACC ~ John 7 v13

THOSE WHO LEAD OTHERS ASTRAY

CYRIL OF ALEXANDRIA: If a skilled horseman—who is able to control even the swiftest team of horses with checks of the reins and directs them wherever he likes—if he were to dash the carriage wheels against a stone, the blame would not fall on the horses but on their driver. In a similar manner, I suppose, the rulers of the Jews, who are not only honored by their people but are served and feared by them as well, if they manage their people contrary to the divine commandments, then it is they who will justly bear the responsibility for the loss of all. COMMENTARY ON THE GOSPEL OF JOHN 4.5. [1]

[1] LF 43:473**.

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